Steve Anaya, who has served on the Moriarty City Council for 33 years, will not seek reelection as the city continues to address financial management issues stemming from a failed software conversion. Anaya, first elected in 1992, said his decision was driven by personal circumstances, including caring for his 96-year-old father and wanting to spend […]
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Moriarty gets ready for its biggest Pinto Bean Fiesta ever
By Connor Currier With harvest season in full swing, the City of Moriarty is preparing for one of its most beloved and long-standing traditions. The Pinto Bean Fiesta is set to take place on Saturday, Sept. 27. This year’s celebration is shaping up to be the biggest in the festival’s decades-long history. Mayor Brandon Webb, […]
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Moriarty’s longtime councilor denies former city clerk’s corruption allegations
By Connor Currier A Moriarty City Councilor is denying allegations of government corruption made by the former city clerk/treasurer, attributing the claims to a disgruntled employee. Councilor Steve Anaya says he doesn’t believe former City Clerk/Treasurer Deborah Liu’s accusations of government corruption. “I don’t believe that, and I believe those comments are from a disgruntled […]
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Moriarty audit partner: ‘A budget wasn’t established… it’s a violation of state law’
By Connor Currier During Moriarty City Council’s special meeting on Aug. 27, the governing body responded to multiple recent reports by NM.news of allegations of years of financial mismanagement leveled by the city’s former clerk/treasurer. At the meeting, the first article they touched on was a report about how the city of Moriarty had overspent […]
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City of Moriarty struggles with ‘nearly a decade’ of mismanaged financial records
By Connor Currrier During an Aug. 27 Moriarty City Council Special Meeting, Financial Analyst Emily Sanchez said the city’s financial record books have “un-posted transactions” dating all the way back to 2015 during a financial analyst update. “There’s been un-posted transactions still sitting there from (July) of 2015 to (July) of 2021,” said Sanchez. “They’re […]
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Longtime Moriarty City Councilor Anaya not running for re-election
By Connor Currier As filing day came and went Aug. 26, a familiar name in Moriarty was missing from the list of candidates who are running for office in the fall. Moriarty City Councilor Steve Anaya, who has sat on the City Council for 32 years, will not seek re-election in November and did not […]
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Here’s who’s running for office in the East Mountains, Edgewood, Estancia Valley
By Connor Currier In New Mexico, candidate filing day for all local offices was on Aug. 26 and the list of candidates for this year’s local elections is now finalized. The candidates are running for seats in Tijeras, Edgewood, Mountainair, Estancia and Moriarty. Here is who is running for office. Moriarty City Council Municipal Judge […]
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Moriarty to discuss city budget, appointing new clerk during doubleheader meetings
By Connor Currier The City of Moriarty will discuss its future budget and the appointment of a new clerk during back-to-back meetings on Aug. 27. The council will host a special meeting starting at 5 p.m. about the city’s budget, followed by a city council meeting at 7:30 p.m., to appoint a new City Clerk/Treasurer […]
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Candidate filing day set for Tuesday
Prospective candidates for municipal offices in Tijeras, Edgewood, Moriarty, Estancia and Mountainair will have nine hours on Tuesday to file their declarations of candidacy for the Nov. 4 regular local election. According to the official proclamation issued by New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver, filing opens at 9 a.m. and closes at 5 […]
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Mayor Webb prioritizes transparency and reform in hunt for new Moriarty clerk/treasurer
By Connor Currier After City Clerk/Treasurer Deborah Liu resigned after alluding to government corruption, Moriarty Mayor Brandon Webb is searching for a new clerk. In an interview with NM.news, Mayor Webb says he was “saddened” after Liu turned in her resignation letter on Aug. 15. “Her resignation is sad for me, I hated to see […]